Introductory Worksheet.pdf

CAE Speaking test

Student Worksheets

INTRODUCTORY

WORKSHEET

Aims of the DVD and worksheets

to raise your awareness of the format of the CAE Speaking test

to focus your attention on techniques that will improve your performance

to provide opportunities for you to practise the language used in the different parts of the

test.

Please note:

The DVD and worksheets are not intended as a forum for discussing grades. Although in

certain questions we are asking you to look at the candidates’ performance, it is with a view to

improving your own performance and not for you to grade the candidates on the DVD.

The CAE Speaking test on the DVD has been produced for teaching purposes only and is not a

live exam. There are therefore, no grades available.

Some of the answers to the activities in the worksheets cannot be found on the DVD.

Student’s Introductory Worksheet

Before watching the DVD, test your knowledge of the CAE Speaking test by completing as much

of the following worksheet as you can. Check your answers with a partner and then watch the

DVD. You can find some of the information you need on the Candidate Support site at

www.candidates.CambridgeESOL.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/CAE

and in the Information for Candidates booklet which you can download.

Task One: general information about the CAE Speaking test

Fill in the missing information:

1. Length: ________________________ minutes

2. Normal format: ________________________ candidates and _______________________ examiners

3. Number of parts: ________________________

4. The Speaking test is worth ____________% of the whole CAE exam (all papers).

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Task Two: what happens in the CAE Speaking test

Complete the table with the missing information from the box below.

• leads a discussion

• exchanges views and opinions

• asks individual direct questions

• expresses opinions through comparing

• gives personal information

• initiates discussion

Parts

Timing

What the interlocutor does

What a candidate does

3 minutes

____________________________

1. Interview

____________________________

4 minutes

asks each candidate to talk

about two visuals for 1 minute

____________________________

2. Individual long turn

____________________________

4 minutes

asks candidates to talk together

using visual prompts

exchanges ideas and opinions,

makes suggestions, agrees,

disagrees, and

3. Collaborative task

____________________________

4 minutes

____________________________

4. Discussion on topics

related to Part 3

____________________________

Task Three: about the CAE Speaking test

Read the following statements and write ‘True’ or ‘False’ next to each one:

1. You can choose to take the test in a pair or a group of three.

________________________

2. The assessor asks you questions during the test.

________________________

3. Only the assessor awards marks.

________________________

4. You are given your marks at the end of the test.

________________________

5. You might not know your partner.

________________________

6. You are not tested on your general knowledge.

________________________

7. In Part 1, you ask your partner questions.

________________________

8. In Part 2, if your partner runs out of things to say you can help.

________________________

9. The questions are written at the top of the page in Parts 2 and 3. ________________________

10. You interact with your partner in both Parts 3 and 4.

________________________

Check your answers with a partner. Then watch the whole Speaking test on the DVD to see if

you were right.

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